The Oregon Board of Pharmacy has had a noteworthy relationship with marijuana over the years. As recently as 2010, under direction from the Oregon legislature, the Board reclassified marijuana from a Schedule I substance (as per the Federal Controlled Substances Act), to a Schedule II substance…
I didn’t know states could do that.
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as long as the fed doesn’t put its foot down, states have the right to make their own laws. if the fed puts its foot down, then the states have to go to court or just do what the fed says. its kind of like the gay marriage issue was before it passed federally. some states allowed it, some allowed it as a partnership, and some didn’t allow it. and now, with enough states supporting gay marriage, the fed agreed and made it the law for all states.
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Yeah, but we’re talking about the federal classification for drugs. I thought only the DEA could make changes to that.
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i think its another part of the govt that manages the schedule drugs, and that the DEA has to follow what they say. but im not sure, so…..
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Wikipedia: Two federal agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Food and Drug Administration, determine which substances are added to or removed from the various schedules…
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now you know *
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Remember the commercial: “The more you know.” 🙂
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that is exactly what i was thinking of when i sent that! lol
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Great minds think alike. 😀
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